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Viral posts on social media, shared with captions like “PAKISTAN ARMY UNLEASHES FIREPOWER! Over 10,000 Artillery Shells rain down on India, leaving 60% border posts damaged and 40% completely destroyed!”, allege a massive Pakistani military strike along the India–Pakistan border. Fact Check As of November 2025, there are no verified reports from the Indian Ministry […]

Several social media handles have made a video of Colonel Sofia Qureshi viral because she was allegedly criticising the Trishul exercises. The users on the internet claim through this video that she made her remark on ‘safronisation’ of the Indian army and Trishul exercises as a ‘political gimmick’ for the Bihar election. Fact-Check After investigating […]

A video of General Upendra Diwedi went viral on the internet because users claimed that he was criticising the central government. In this viral video, he was allegedly made remarks on the current Trishul exercises as ‘political theatre’ for the Bihar elections and the ‘saffronisation’ of the India Army. Fact-Check The DFRAC team’s investigations reveal […]

Many users on the internet are claiming that the National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval has said that there has been no major terror attack in India since 2013. The claims erupted after the NSA’s recent visit to the Sardar Patel Memorial to deliver a lecture on governance. A user, @drshamamohd, on X questioned his […]

Recently, internet users have been sharing a claim that a Taliban owned MiG-29 fighter jet was crashed while taking its first flight. Users are also pitching in that it was Indian engineers who helped the Taliban to restore this fighter aircraft. The claim extends that after its unsuccessful flight in Kandahar, the pilot engineers went […]

Social media users claim that a Chinese expert on international relations, Victor Gao, warned India over a new military build-up near the Chinese border and threatened that their missiles can hit any target. Fact Check: The DFRAC team did a Google reverse image search of the claim. It was found to be from a speech […]

Social media users have shared a video in which high-rising flames and utmost destruction are blatantly visible. While sharing the video, the users have claimed that illegal Diwali celebrations in the USA by the Indians have sparked the Palisades fire, killing 18 and destroying 200 homes Fact check: The DFRAC team looked into this claim […]

A social media user claims that a 19-year-old Indian college student from Tokyo visits the Indian Embassy in Tokyo for a visa renewal and gets raped by an Indian staff member inside. Fact Check: After investigating further, it was revealed that no such incident had taken place recently, making the claim false. Although an incident […]

Numerous social media users have defamed India’s reputation by claiming that this viral video is from India and accusing it of severe water pollution. Fact Check: After a Google reverse image search, it was revealed that the claim is false. The original video clip was recorded in 2022 in Guatemala. The news report for the […]

Many social media users have claimed that Brooklyn erupts in celebration as Zohran Mamdani becomes the first Muslim mayor in New York’s history Fact Check: This claim is false. According to the official schedule released by the NYC Board of Elections, the results will be announced on the 4th of November, 2025. Furthermore, the DFRAC […]